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BY JULIE ANN FORMOSO | SPECIAL TO VEGAS INC

It’s Saturday night at Insert Coin(s). Hundreds of customers fl ock around the downtown bar’s slot machines and video game consoles . ¶ Although a bartender is busy taking patrons’ orders, he notices a man at the end of the bar whisper-

ing to a young woman. She’s had at least three margaritas, while he hasn’t had a drink. The bartender recognizes theSEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION, CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

8,888 Medical marijuana

cardholders in Nevada

as of February. The

number is expected

to rise as dispensaries

open across the state.

$1,600Starting price of a hotel room at

MGM Grand on May 1, the night

before a boxing match between

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny

Pacquaio. The hotel is fully booked

May 2, the night of the fi ght.

Another layer of consumer protection

Christopher LaPorte is founder and owner of Insert Coin(s), the fi rst business to work with Party Smart, a cooperative effort between businesses and the Rape Crisis Center that seeks to educate nightlife workers on the prevention of sexual assault. (L.E. BASKOW/STAFF)

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05 06 14Q+A WITH BEN SHABOURIA co-founder of Shift Hospitality and MTO Cafe discusses the importance of constantly striving for higher goals in business, how he learned the value of hard work and why he doesn’t own a TV.

THE NOTESPeople on the move, P4

MEET: COLOR — A SALON BY MICHAEL BOYCHUCKBecoming a hairstylist wasn’t his fi rst career choice, but Boychuck’s salon has been one of Las Vegas’ most suc-cessful.

TALKING POINTSBusiness community on board with governor’s education reforms, P7

DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATIONA listing of local bankruptcies, bid opportunities, brokered transactions, business licenses and building permits.

MORE VEGAS INC BUSINESS NEWSCalendar: Happenings and events, P13

The List: Golf courses, P18

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homes and offi ces.

The locals casino giant announced

last week that its latest promotion, the

Jackpot Patrol, will be available to people

who swipe their rewards cards at the ca-

sino, even if they don’t gamble. Company

offi cials stressed that earning points

gambling would have no bearing on win-

ning a visit from Patrol Host “Jack Potts.”

Guests can swipe once a day, and 10

winners a week through May 31 will win

visits, accompanied by $500.

This is savvy marketing. Casino com-

panies know the statistics — visitors

increasingly are more likely to spend

money on dining and entertainment than

gambling.

Traditionally, however, one must

gamble to get the perks casinos routinely

give away. This promotion give s Station

a chance to win the hearts of people

who never slide their spare $20 bills into

video poker machines.

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Christina Hixson, Robert Menden-hall and Kevin Orrock were inducted into the Nevada Business Hall of Fame by the UNLV Lee Business School. Hixson is sole trustee of the Lied Foundation Trust. Since Ernst Lied’s death in 1980, Hix-son has overseen philanthropic con-tributions to numerous educational institutions and community organi-zations, including the Lied Library, Ernst F. Lied Golf Scholarship, Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies and Lied Athletic Complex. Mendenhall is founder of Las Vegas Paving Corp. He holds 47 U.S. patents, and his research on processes and equipment for the recycling of asphalt pavement contributed to the completion of America’s first recycled freeway in 1975. Orrock is president of Summerlin and vice president of master planned communities for The Howard Hughes Corp. Orrock’s expertise and leadership in financial operations and land development helped make Summerlin one of the country’s most successful master-planned communities.

The Henderson Police Officers’ As-sociation elected its 2015 executive board. Ken Kerby is president, Chris White is vice president, Stephen Bryan is secretary and Seth Van-Beveren is treasurer. Trustees are Rob Thomas, Kevin LaPeer, Doug Lynaugh, Gus Leigh and Barry Courtney.

Liam MacCall is events manager at the South Point Arena and Equestrian Center.

Cody Wingert is a project coordina-tor for Grand Canyon Development Partners, a construction and real estate development management company.

Tiffany Couture Cleaners, owned by Dan and Judy Del Rossi, built a new plant at 5981 McLeod Drive, Las Vegas. The facility is not open to the public. Drop-off and pick-up locations remain at 953 E. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas, and 9516 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas.

Antonia Genov is social media man-ager and Melanie Shafer is public relations super-visor at Quillin Advertising, Pub-lic Relations & Social Media.

Savannah Bruner and Jam Nicole Cristobal are public relations specialists, Tana Shivers is director and Lauren Silverstein is public relations manager at Preferred Public Relations.

Julie Wagner is senior vice president at Nevada State Bank, overseeing nine branch loan specialists.

Vegas PBS and the University of Nevada School of Medicine launched the Desert Meadows Area Health Education Center to recruit and retrain health care providers and promote health and wellness. Cary

Huddleston is the workforce training and economic de-

velopment coordinator.

Jane Trevorah is a nurse practitio-

ner at Southwest Medical’s Tenaya

Health Care Center, 2704 N. Tenaya

Way, Las Vegas. She specializes in

obstetrics/gynecology.

The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors and Young Profession-als network of Las Vegas announced

their 40 Under 40: William Alt of

Wynn Realty Group, Lianna Alvarez of Urban Nest Realty, Anthony Ard of Coldwell Banker Premier, Mah-sheed Barghisavar of Realty One Group, Jillian Batch-elor of Wynn Realty Group, Shawn Cunningham of Re/Max Advantage, Amber DeLillo of Urban Nest Realty,

Stephanie Dibbs of Luxe Estates & Lifestyles, Darwin Dizon of Pordes Residential Sales and Marketing, Matt Farnham of Crown Point Realty, Jim Fong of Keller Williams Realty Southwest, Karina Giraldo of Northcap Residential, Christin Griffin of Realty One Group, Shay Hasselmann of Keller Williams Realty Las Vegas, Randy Hatada of Xpand Realty and Property Management,

Ashley Hawks of Black and Cherry Real Estate Group and Property Management, Graham Irving of Award Realty, Azim Jessa of Urban Nest Realty, Sara Jessa of

Urban Nest Realty, Kameron Kildea of Coldwell Banker Premier, Anthony Knight of Keller Williams Realty Southwest, Geoffrey W. Lavell of Realty One Group,

Joseph Lee of eProNet Realty, Omar Lopez of BHHS Nevada Properties, Melissa Machat of BHHS Nevada Properties, Holly Marquardt of All Vegas Valley Realty,

Helder Mejia of King of Condos, Heather Mongie of Sig-nature Real Estate Group, Alese Morrow of Urban Nest Realty, Linda Naw of Re/Max Benchmark Realty, Kristi Panozzo of Keller Williams Realty Las Vegas, Krystal Sherry of Hudson Real Estate, Jessie Sorani of Coldwell Banker Premier, Andy Stahl of Strategic Realty, Craig Tann of BHHS Nevada Properties, Alynn Thompson of

Windermere Prestige Properties, Dave J. Tina of Urban Nest Realty, Pete Torsiello of Signature Real Estate Group, Sandy Van of Simply Vegas and Zar Zanganeh

of Luxe Estates and Lifestyles.

St. Rose Dominican-Siena and St. Rose Dominican-San Martin were named official Baby-Friendly Designated

birth facilities by the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative,

meaning the hospitals support and teach mothers inter-

ested in breastfeeding their newborns. St. Rose Domini-

can Hospitals also opened a WomensCare Center at 98

E. Lake Mead Parkway, Suite 301, Henderson.

Software development firm Raster is working work with

the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health

to develop mobile support and programs for people who

suffer from brain illnesses.

Umpqua Oats expanded its distribution to include

Albertsons stores in the Pacific Northwest and Raley’s

locations in Northern California.

Lush, which sells cosmetics, opened at the Grand Bazaar

Shops on the Strip. The new mall was constructed by

Penta Building Group.

City National Bank installed an ATM in the cafeteria of

Touro University in Henderson. Touro became a client of

the bank last year.

Canon opened a sales and service office at 731 Pilot

Road, Suite J, Las Vegas.

Maverick Helicopters logged 300,000 flight hours in

Airbus Helicopters’ EC130, making it the first opera-

tor in the world to do so. Maverick has the largest fleet

of EC130s in the world — 44 helicopters. The company

expects to buy eight more by the end of 2015.

Hash House A Go Go opened its fifth Southern Nevada

location, at 555 N. Stephanie St., Henderson.

MENDENALLHIXSON

ORROCK

WINGERT

TREVORAH

WAGNER

GENOV SHAFER

KERBY

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE AWARDS

NAIOP, the Commercial Real

Estate Development Associa-

tion, announced winners of the

18th annual Spotlight Awards.

Industry Award category win-

ners:

n Architecture Firm of the Year:

JMA Architecture Studios

n Brokerage Firm of the Year:

Colliers International

n Engineering Firm of the Year:

Walker Engineering

n Financial Firm of the Year:

Bank of Nevada

n General Contracting Firm of

the Year: Martin-Harris Con-struction

n Principal Firm of the Year:

Harsch Investment Properties

n Developing Leader: Steve Nelger

n Broker of the Year — Retail:

Jason Otter, Equity Group

n Broker of the Year — Indus-

trial: Higgins and Toft team, Voil Real Estate Services

n Broker of the Year — Of-

fice: Randy Broadhead, Brad Peterson, Darren Lemon, Amy Lance, CBRE

n Principal Member of the Year:

Jeff Foster

n Associate Member of the

Year: Jennifer Levine

n Spirit of Spotlight: Sallie Doebler

n Trendsetter Firm: Prologis

n Lifetime Achievement: Frank Martin

Project Honor Award winners:

n Sustainable/Green Building:

Vadatech corporate headquar-

ters adn manufacturing facility

n Tenant improvements - Re-

tail/Entertainment: Brooklyn Bowl

n Tenant Improvements - Small:

Mainor Wirth Injury Lawyers

n Tenant Improvements - Medi-

um: McDonald Carano Wilson

n Tenant Improvements -

Large: Barclaycard call center

n Public Use/Government:

Nevada System of Higher Education Southern Nevada

headquarters

n Redevelopment Project: SLS Las Vegas

n Mixed-use Development:

Downtown Container Park

n Retail Building: Las Vegas Harley-Davidson

n Industrial Building: Carpen-ters Union International train-

ing center

n Office Building: EVAPS Law Office core and shell

n NAIOP Works: Vadatech corporate headquarters and

manufacturing facility

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How did you come up with the vision for MTO Café?

I wanted to create a place where you got a high-quality product at an af-fordable price with a comfortable en-vironment.

As locals, do you feel you have an advantage in knowing what type of atmosphere and food Las Vegans are looking for?

I think locals are hyper aware of what we are looking for in a town that is so service- and customer-driven. I do believe we have an advantage, therefore we have a huge responsibil-ity to have a strong focus on the guest and their experience. No detail is too small, and I tell our staff all the time, “The customer is why you go to work.”

MTO Café started downtown, and now you have a location in Downtown Summerlin. What are your plans for the future?

Every day, focus on being better than the day before. If you do that, the rest will work itself out.

What is the most challenging part of your job?

Never being satisfied. When we are good, we can be great. When we are great, we can be amazing. When we’re amazing, we can be perfect. Once we are perfect, we need to repeat it every minute of every day, and then we’re off to a good start.

What is the most rewarding part of your job?

Watching people eat our food. There is nothing that makes me happier than seeing someone clear their plate and smile.

What do you do after work?I try to go to other restaurants and

see what others are doing. From food to service, I think you have to keep an open mind and keep educating your-self.

Describe your management style.Firm but fair. No one is above any-

one when it comes to getting the job done. If I clean the bathroom, so do you. No excuses.

Where do you see yourself and your company in 10 years?

As a larger hospitality company with a strong following and continu-ing to do what we love.

What is your dream job, outside of your current field?

Biochemist. I am consistently amazed by what the body and brain are capable of.

I recently read a great article on how many of the studies and efforts being made in modern science today were being pursued in the 1400s and 1500s. One takeaway is that everything we see in nature not only has a harmony and balance but also creates zero waste.

Whom do you admire and why?Easy question: my parents. I wish

everyone was as lucky as I am to have been raised and loved by both of them.

My dad worked for the U.S. govern-ment for 30 years and during his ser-vice, my family lived all around the world. It was a great way to grow up but very different because we moved so of-

ten. Moving around frequently taught me how to adapt to my surroundings and learn how to quickly read people. No one is better at that than my par-ents. Whether it was an honest person or shady character, my parents never let someone else’s actions affect the way they treated them. They were al-ways fair and gave people a chance.

I haven’t always lived up to that high standard, but I try every day.

What is your biggest pet peeve?Laziness. When I got my first real

job as a dishwasher, I learned the dif-ference between a hard worker and a lazy one. The fact that one person can have a ripple effect on so many people on different levels made this very im-portant to me.

If you can’t get the dishes out, you can’t cook, serve, clear or seat a res-taurant. Learning that lesson quickly became the cornerstone for how I approach work and the people I sur-round myself with.

What is something that people might not know about you?

I read five newspapers every morn-ing before I get out of bed. I love read-ing. As a business owner, reading is the cheapest way to get educated. I read The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Las Vegas Review-Journal, USA Today and Las Vegas Sun, all online.

I find the time to read because it’s something I like to do, and I don’t have a TV. I set a goal a few years back that I wanted to read one book a week for a year. During the first few months, I realized the only thing holding me back was watching TV, so I cut it out. I added newspapers and magazines to the mix, and now it is just habit.

What’s the hardest part about owning a restaurant?

Trying to be everything to every-one. Keep it simple and focus on what you are good at. Then figure out how to get better at that every day.

What are the biggest differ-ences between doing business downtown and doing business in Summerlin?

Doing business downtown, you get a really different mix of people, from tourists to businesspeople to hipsters. In Summerlin, you’re a fully driven lo-cal business — and there are more yoga pants. At both places, the message is the same: Be thankful for every guest who walks through the door and give them an experience that makes them want to come back and tell others.

What advice would you give someone looking to expand a business?

Surround yourself with good people. You are only as strong as the weakest person on the team. Invest time, effort and patience in creating a strong core team, then expansion will take care of itself.

What is your favorite restaurant in Southern Nevada, besides your own?

I love Steiners. I have been going there for 10 years and have never eaten anything but the burger and chicken nachos. I feel like Norm from “Cheers” when I walk into the place.

Q&A WITH BEN SABOURI

‘The customer is why you go to work’

Matt Moore, left and Ben Sabouri developed MTO Cafe with the vision to serve

fresh comfort food quickly. (MIKAYLA WHITMORE/STAFF)

Ben Sabouri is co-founder and partner at Shift Hospitality, which develops and manages restaurant and nightlife venues. He has worked for some of the top hospitality and entertainment companies in the country, and along with business partner Matt Moore, opened downtown’s MTO Cafe (which stands for Made To Order) in 2013, then added a location at Downtown Summerlin.

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Choice of career has been a home run

Michael Boychuck’s Color salon at Caesars Palace was named one of Elle magazine’s top 100 salons in the country. (CHRISTOPHER DEVARGAS/STAFF)

BY THE NUMBERS

75 CENTSProposed increase in

minimum wage for work-ers who don’t receive

employer-sponsored health care. The raise, from $8.25 to $9 an hour, would affect mainly low-wage earners not covered under collec-

tive bargaining agreements.

920Approximate number of workers let go last year when Citigroup closed

its banking center at the Lakes. The building has

been vacant since.

1,079Homes in Las Vegas for which the foreclosure

process was started by lenders in February, up

7 percent from January and up 153 percent from a year

ago.

26.4 PERCENTShare of Southern Nevada homeowners with under-water mortgages during the fourth quarter, down from 35.1 percent a year

ago.

300,000Businesses in Nevada that

would pay a revamped business license fee pro-posed by Gov. Brian San-doval. The fee would raise $438 million for education

over two years, but op-ponents say it is too similar to a margin tax defeated by

voters.

$15.7 MILLIONAmount Caesars Entertain-ment has paid in attorney fees related to its bank-

ruptcy filing.

$33 MILLIONAmount 63 former Caesars

employees are owed in retirement payments, ac-

cording to court filings. The company stopped paying in January when it filed for

bankruptcy.

$20 MILLIONAmount the Rogers Foun-dation recently donated to the Black Mountain Insti-

tute, UNLV’s literary center, bringing the foundation’s total gift to $30 million.

Describe your business.

Color offers a variety of ser-vices such as hair coloring, high-lights and hair extensions, as well as manicures, pedicures, makeup application and tanning services.

Our salon also offers bridal ser-vices and packages — including Makeup and Mimosas, and Mani-cure and a Merlot — which are fun and pampering for our clients.

How have you seen the salon industry change over

your 35 years of experience?

The products have diversified to make a wide range of colors and looks. Also, hair extensions have come a long way. They used to take 4 to 5 hours to apply, and now it only takes about an hour. Plus, the extensions are great quality.

How did you became a colorist?

I wanted to play professional baseball, so I decided to take a year off to lift weights and pursue my passion. My mother provided the words of wisdom, which led me on a steadier career path.

I saw the movie “Shampoo” and decided I wanted to go to beauty school, and that’s what I did. In the movie, War-ren Beatty played a hairstylist. He worked with beautiful girls and right then I knew that becoming a hairstylist was what I wanted to do.

What are the biggest hair trends you are seeing in

Las Vegas?

Long wavy locks, like Adriana Lima’s, is a common re-quest at Color. Bangs are also a hot hair trend. Fringes, like the one Reese Witherspoon currently has, can be

styled edgy and straight or softer and side swept.

Who are your customers?

We have a range of clientele, but we usually tend to see a lot of tourists. We are also very lucky to have celebrities like Paris and Nicky Hilton, LeAnn Rimes, Shanna Moakler and even Miss USA 2014 Nia Sanchez, whose

hair I did before her Miss Universe debut, visit Color.

What makes your business unique?

Our design makes Color unique. With an interior that features glistening chandeliers, vintage Fendi fixtures, carved mirrors and gray, white and metallic silver col-ors throughout, Color mixes a modern design décor with classic glamour.

The salon has been designed to have a minimal amount of color pigment, which allows the stylist to see the real skin, eye and hair tone for the best results.

What is your business philosophy?

I want each one of my clients to experience the luxuri-ous treatment that any celebrity would receive.

What is the hardest part about doing business in

Las Vegas?

The constant flow of clientele is always changing. Howev-er, I have many clients who I have become friends with over the years, who always come to visit when they are in town.

What have you learned from the recession?

I have learned to appreciate what you have. At any time, something can happen with the economy.

COLOR – A SALON BY MICHAEL BOYCHUCK

Address: Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas

Phone: 702-731-7880Hours of operation: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Sunday through Thursday; 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and Saturday

Owned/operated by: Michael BoychuckIn business since: 2008

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SMITH’S WORLD

Mike Smith is an award-winning editorial cartoonist who also draws for the Las

Vegas Sun. His work also is distributed nationally by King Features Syndicate.

See archives of his work at lasvegassun.com/smithsworld.

READER COMMENTSWe want to hear

from you. Visit

vegasinc.com to

post your opinion.

On Eli Segall’s veg-

asinc.com story “As

home prices slow,

tougher for home-

owners to get ‘above

water’ ”:

Had these folks

walked away from

these upside-down

homes, most would

have repaired their

credit by now and

would own a bet-

ter home at a lower

price. — NVBill

A home is no differ-

ent than any other in-

vestment. The worth

of any investment is

important only when

the owner wants to

sell it. — JSH

On J.D. Morris’ las-

vegassun.com story

“Lottery proposal:

Lifeline for Nevada

education, or dead

on arrival?”

It looks good on the

surface, but most

residents of Nevada

believe anything that

has others paying

their way is the right

answer. — LeeYar-

brough

On Eli Segall’s

vegasinc.com story

“Now-vacant bank-

ing center at the

Lakes once brought

hope for Las Vegas

economy”:

Even after 30 years

of economic devel-

opment efforts, the

promise of a stable

and diverse economy

is still out of reach,

forcing us to ex-

pand tax incentives

to more industries.

Every one of these

projects arrives sell-

ing the same bill of

goods and producing

the same disappoint-

ing outcome. — free-

press

A t a recent meeting, members of the Legislature’s joint tax committee in Carson City heard many voices from throughout

the state, including testimony from dozens of business and civic leaders. The discussion centered on education reform programs proposed by Gov. Brian Sandoval, and perhaps more important, how to pay for them.

Leaders were supportive of what the governor describes as “education reforms for the new Nevada,” including how to fund them. I found the meeting intriguing, if for no other reason than how distinct groups spoke in unison.

The proposals have several attractive common themes — no blank checks for K-12 education, accountability and targeted spending. Importantly, businesses are willing to pay for these reforms.

I have lived in Las Vegas for 43 years, and I have never seen so much support for an issue from so many disparate groups. Two former Democratic governors — Richard Bryan and Bob Miller — and two Republican governors — Robert List and Sandoval — support the plan.

Representatives of Nevadans for the Common Good, a coalition of about three dozen faith-based groups with 40,000 members, and the Council for a Better Nevada, a group of Southern Nevada business leaders, spoke in favor of improving K-12 education, as did the Urban, Asian and Latin chambers of commerce.

I began to wonder if all these groups standing together was a sign of the apoca-lypse. The spirit of cooperation was perva-sive.

John Vellardita, executive director of the Clark County Education Association, described the significant financial and other contributions of our teachers, the most educated group of workers in Nevada. The union supports initiatives such as pay for performance, teacher professional development, peer-assisted review of teachers and addressing the teacher shortage. All also are embraced by the business community.

Why? Last year, of 251 companies that expressed a real interest in coming to Southern Nevada, 35 percent declined to invest here because our education system did not meet their expectations or our workforce was insufficient, another education issue.

The best line of the day came from Billy Vassiliadis of R&R Partners, speaking on behalf of the gaming industry in sup-port of the governor’s plan: “For decades, we have been at a crossroads in education. It’s time to actually cross the road.”

He’s right. The challenge for all who believe that now is the time to “actually cross the road” is working with elected officials to find a solution that works for Nevadans.

The hearing was a good start. Failure is not an option.Glenn Christenson is chairman of the Las Vegas Global

Economic Alliance.

Businesses on board with education reformsGUEST COLUMN:

GLENN CHRISTENSON

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The rise and fall of ‘The Lakes’ banking centerNow-vacant building once brought hope for economy

BY ELI SEGALLSTAFF WRITER

When the powerful out-of-state company looked to build a big facility in Nevada, there were high-fives all around. Backers said it would diver-sify the economy, pump in hundreds of technical jobs, lure other big business and improve the area’s image.

The governor met with the CEO and, prodded to do whatever it took, called a special session of the Legislature and approved new laws for the company. Months later, construction was under-way.

Brian Sandoval luring Tesla Motors last year, right?

Try again. Before the current gover-nor brought the Silicon Valley electric-car maker to Northern Nevada with $1.25 billion in incentives for a massive battery factory, he had a template to follow.

Thirty years earlier, then-Gov. Rich-ard Bryan approved changes to state banking law to get New York finan-cial giant Citicorp to open a roughly $8 million, 120,000-square-foot cred-it-card processing center in Southern Nevada with 1,000 employees.

Both governors approved the deals in shotgun lawmaking sessions in rough economic times for big-name companies eyeing several states for an expansion site. Both deals also had critics but overall were seen as major, almost unprecedented boosts to Ne-vada’s casino-heavy economy.

Tesla’s arrival gives Nevada “a ‘Good Housekeeping seal of approval,’ ” Mike Kazmierski, CEO of the Economic De-velopment Authority of Western Ne-vada, said last year.

Citicorp’s arrival, Bryan said in 1984, “in effect is like the ‘Good Housekeep-ing seal of approval.’ ”

Today, the bank’s facility on Sahara Avenue near Durango Drive is empty, listed for rent because Citigroup, as the lender is now known, closed shop last year.

Passersby see a big, vacant, subur-ban office complex with faded and stripped signs. But decades ago, the facility was the most celebrated new business in town, with Bryan compar-ing its “epochal” arrival to Nevada’s legalization of gambling and construc-tion of the Hoover Dam.

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About 539,000 people lived in

Clark County in 1984, a quarter of today’s population, and areas west of Interstate 15 now packed with homes and strip malls were open desert with unpaved roads.

Las Vegas had been growing fast for years, and the casino industry, after years of mob control, was becoming more corporate, though organized crime wasn’t entirely gone. In 1982, bookmaker and mob associate Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal survived a car bomb outside Tony Roma’s on Sahara Avenue.

Las Vegas had about 12 million visi-tors per year and already was known as a party town where adults could cut loose. But Nevada, which held a monopoly on American casinos since the 1930s, was getting squeezed.

New Jersey became the second state to legalize casino gambling when voters gave the OK in 1976 for Atlantic City. The United States also slid into a deep recession in the early 1980s, with Las Vegas’ unemploy-ment rate more than doubling in just five years, to 10.3 percent by 1983.

The valley’s economy apparently was even less diversified than to-day. Locals had thought the casino

business was recession-proof, but the downturn “proved everybody wrong,” former Nevada financial reg-ulator L. Scott Walshaw said.

Las Vegas, however, got some help from an unlikely place — a bank’s back-office.

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With the economy slumping, South Dakota politicians gave the green light to an idea to boost business: wipe out the state’s cap on interest rates.

A few years before, the U.S. Su-preme Court ruled that credit-card issuers could essentially charge whatever interest rates were allowed in their home states, no matter where the customers lived. Lenders, to bor-rowers’ dismay, saw opportunity in no-limit South Dakota.

New York’s Citicorp, the country’s largest bank-holding company at the time, opened a credit-card process-ing center there in 1981. Others fol-lowed.

Wanting to expand, Citicorp tried to open a credit-card center in New Mexico, but in early 1984, lawmakers there shot down a proposal to let the

company set up shop.Nevada also had lifted its cap on in-

terest rates, in 1981. A few years later, hoping to lure Citicorp, Nevadans kicked off efforts to do what New Mexico wouldn’t.

Because 1984 fell between Ne-vada’s biennial lawmaking sessions, business boosters with the Nevada Development Authority called for a quick, off-year gathering to change state law, which blocked out-of-state companies from acquiring banks in Nevada.

Not everyone was on board.“Maybe I’m a protectionist, but I

think the financial institutions that built this state deserve a little consid-eration,” state Sen. Bob Robinson, of Las Vegas, said at the time.

Three weeks later, after New Mex-ico’s rejection, Robinson changed his tune.

“If I were the governor, and some-thing of this importance were to come along ... I would call a special session,” he said.

Bryan hesitated to call a session, but shortly after meeting in New York with Citicorp’s top boss, he praised the company.

Executives throughout Southern Nevada — from real estate, health care, utilities, media, casinos, the arts — supported the move. They urged Bryan to act quickly, saying Citicorp would boost and diversify the economy with computer jobs, give the area much-needed prestige and show that any company, not just casino owners, could work here.

Bryan convened the session March 29 and signed the measure changing state law, Senate Bill 2, the next day. It restricted Citicorp’s abil-ity to make loans to and take deposits from Nevadans but allowed bigger delinquency fees on all customers.

“This is like letting a lion in the liv-ing room,” then-Assemblyman David Nicholas, of Incline Village, said. But he hoped that with some controls on Citicorp, “the lion would not eat the furniture.”

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The broader excitement didn’t fade, though, with a news article calling Citi- corp’s site selection “one of the big-gest guessing games in Southern Ne-vada.”

The company chose desert prop-erty at Sahara and Durango and planned a massive housing and com-

Citibank’s former credit-card processing center at 8725 W. Sahara Ave. is empty for the first time in three decades. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF)

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Passersby see a big, vacant, suburban office complex

with faded and stripped signs. But decades ago, the facility

was the most celebrated new business in town, with then-Gov.

Richard Bryan comparing its ‘epochal’ arrival to Nevada’s

legalization of gambling and construction of the Hoover Dam.

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The rise and fall of ‘The Lakes’ banking centercompany set up shop.

Nevada also had lifted its cap on in-terest rates, in 1981. A few years later, hoping to lure Citicorp, Nevadans kicked off efforts to do what New Mexico wouldn’t.

Because 1984 fell between Ne-vada’s biennial lawmaking sessions, business boosters with the Nevada Development Authority called for a quick, off-year gathering to change state law, which blocked out-of-state companies from acquiring banks in Nevada.

Not everyone was on board.“Maybe I’m a protectionist, but I

think the financial institutions that built this state deserve a little consid-eration,” state Sen. Bob Robinson, of Las Vegas, said at the time.

Three weeks later, after New Mex-ico’s rejection, Robinson changed his tune.

“If I were the governor, and some-thing of this importance were to come along ... I would call a special session,” he said.

Bryan hesitated to call a session, but shortly after meeting in New York with Citicorp’s top boss, he praised the company.

Executives throughout Southern Nevada — from real estate, health care, utilities, media, casinos, the arts — supported the move. They urged Bryan to act quickly, saying Citicorp would boost and diversify the economy with computer jobs, give the area much-needed prestige and show that any company, not just casino owners, could work here.

Bryan convened the session March 29 and signed the measure changing state law, Senate Bill 2, the next day. It restricted Citicorp’s abil-ity to make loans to and take deposits from Nevadans but allowed bigger delinquency fees on all customers.

“This is like letting a lion in the liv-ing room,” then-Assemblyman David Nicholas, of Incline Village, said. But he hoped that with some controls on Citicorp, “the lion would not eat the furniture.”

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The broader excitement didn’t fade, though, with a news article calling Citi- corp’s site selection “one of the big-gest guessing games in Southern Ne-vada.”

The company chose desert prop-erty at Sahara and Durango and planned a massive housing and com-

mercial project dubbed The Lakes, with homes surrounding two man-made lakes. (They ended up build-ing just one lake, but the plural name stuck.)

Other developers also were build-ing lakes in Southern Nevada’s des-ert around that time as perks for new housing projects, including Hender-son’s Lake Las Vegas and northwest Las Vegas’ Desert Shores community.

“Even then, people thought it was crazy that people were building man-made lakes in Las Vegas,” Bob Field-en, lead architect for Citicorp’s facil-ity, said recently. “But it sold (homes) and drew people to the area.”

Citicorp broke ground in Septem-ber and opened the credit-card center in April 1985. But some time before, boosters were hit with a surprise: the bank scrapped “Las Vegas, NV” for its mailing address and opted for “The Lakes, NV.”

According to a Wall Street Journal report in March 1985, the company

“secretly obtained permission” from the U.S. Postal Service for the name, and critics figured Citicorp was dis-tancing itself “from Las Vegas’ argu-ably unsavory image as a rip-roaring center of high rolling, fast living and other unbankerly pastimes.”

Bill Briare, Las Vegas’ then-mayor, said the city was “duped.”

“It’s a slap in the face,” Donald Mel-lo, then a state senator from Sparks, said.

Bryan, for one, said in a recent in-terview the company had been “very open” about using the other name, though he said he couldn’t recall if Citicorp brought it up before he agreed to the special session.

“This was a seminal event,” Bryan said of the facility, “and they could have called themselves anything they wanted.”

Citicorp — which at some point also began using “Red Rock, NV” for out-going mail — insisted its use of The Lakes was meant only to promote the

broader development there.“It was a marketing decision,” a lo-

cal Citibank spokeswoman said in 1996. “I don’t think they realized the stink it would cause.”

The furor didn’t last long, though, and in 1987 the company unveiled expansion plans for a $13.5 million of-fice building next to its first. Workers had onsite child-care facilities — at one point Citibank was the only com-pany locally to offer that — as well as a fitness center and a cafeteria. Em-ployees were well paid and respected in the community, Fielden said.

The bank eventually switched oper-ations at the Lakes to mortgage-pro-cessing, but by 2013, it was shedding workers. That September, company officials said they would eliminate 1,000 employees from Citigroup’s home-lending business, with most of the cutbacks in Las Vegas, where roughly 760 people lost their jobs.

In January 2014, management told 220 employees at The Lakes that their

jobs either would be eliminated by October or become work-from-home positions. About 60 were earmarked to telecommute, leaving 160 others out of work.

The job losses came amid rising mortgage rates and an expected in-dustry-wide drop in home-loan appli-cations. Citigroup officials, however, closed the book on their once-cele-brated facility with vague corporate jargon, saying the cutbacks were re-lated to “ongoing efforts to increase operational efficiency.”

The landlord’s current asking rent, $1.10 per square foot, is 42 percent below market average, according to local brokerage firms.

Looking back, Tim Carlson, then-executive director of the development authority, said the credit-card center sparked the investment that boosters hoped for, producing at least 25,000 new jobs.

“We did some neat things,” he said, “but that was the crown jewel.”

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Construction to begin May 5 on megaresort

BY KYLE ROERINKSTAFF WRITER

Buried in the 130-page tax bill that Gov. Brian Sandoval pitched to lawmakers, there’s a safe haven for mining, gaming, insurance and bankers.

The tax, known as the business license fee, is a broad-based frame-work that would levy new dollars from the state’s 330,000 business-es based on percentages of their gross revenues every fiscal quarter. Section 20, which outlines a series of deductions and exemptions, is what all special interests are look-ing at in the bill. It cuts new loop-holes into law and protects some industries from double taxation. An array of the state’s industries are eligible: mining companies, aircraft manufacturers, gaming operations, insurance companies, hospitals, retailers and others.

Critics of the bill say the deduc-tions and exemptions could lead to a slippery slope of largesse. In other words: If one industry gets a break, others will follow with their hands out.

The legislation has been com-pared to the 2014 ballot initiative known as the margin tax, which was turned down by 80 percent of voters and loathed by the same industries now scheduled to get a break. Some in the Legislature say Section 20 was the way to make Sandoval’s proposal appetizing. The margin tax would have raised at least $1 billion — more than dou-ble Sandoval’s bill — and lacked the breaks outlined for mining, insur-ance and gaming.

Jeremy Aguero, the state-hired economist who crafted the new legislation, conducted multiple studies for pro-business groups that campaigned against the mar-gin tax last year.

The margin tax was economical-ly “unsound” because the deduc-tions, exemptions and other con-siderations were left out, Aguero told the Legislature. As a result, he said, the businesses that were de-nied those deductions and exemp-tions would have faced an unfair tax burden.

Corporate tax breaks are a com-

mon subject of scorn in govern-ment and fuel for the debate about how wealthy corporations and in-dividuals should be taxed.

In Nevada, officials, politicians and business leaders often tout the state’s laissez faire tax structure as a magnet for businesses. There’s no levy on corporate income and only a small license fee — $200 — to reg-ister as a business.

The bill’s authors contend the deductions and exemptions in San-doval’s bill aren’t handouts for the state’s favored industries, but rather are ways to fairly apply a new fee on businesses already subject to taxes.

Many of the businesses men-tioned in Section 20 currently pay industry-specific taxes that allot hefty contributions to the state’s operating revenue in the general fund.

Based on recent taxes, more than $600 million from gaming would be deducted if the legislation is enacted. More than $670 million from insurance premiums would be deducted. Mining — depending on market rates — has provided an-nual revenues totaling more than $100 million. Last year, it fed the general fund $31 million.

Sandoval’s bill is designed to raise $438 million to bolster the state’s high school graduation rates, expand charter schools and provide new programs for gifted, disadvantaged, bilingual and low-performing students. Special in-terests across the board are willing to pay more to achieve Sandoval’s goal. But some groups are at odds about how businesses should pay and are throwing support behind other tax proposals.

Trucking, retail, registered agents and others are looking for alternatives.

Paul Enos, a lobbyist for the Ne-vada Trucking Association, said there was a “scrum” among special interests jockeying for lower rates in Sandoval’s plan.

“Anytime you have a tax and start making exemptions, that means the rate for somebody is go-ing to have to go higher,” he said. “The bill we are looking at today is as simple as it is ever going to be.”

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The north Strip site formerly home to the Stardust, then the scrapped Echelon project, is set to start coming to life again in less than two months when Resorts World Las Vegas finally breaks ground.

Michael Levoff, a spokesman for the Resorts World parent com-pany, confirmed via email that the project would break ground May 5, more than two years after it was first announced. He said develop-

ers were “finalizing (their) design and development plan” and intend-ed to open the first phase “toward the end of 2017.”

When Genting Group, a power-ful Asian gaming company, dis-closed its intent to build Resorts World Las Vegas in 2013, it antici-pated breaking ground in 2014 and opening the first phase in 2016. Levoff said the timeline was de-layed by “necessary fine tuning” of the design “to ensure that we get it right.”

Shovels at the ready for Las Vegas IKEA store

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Decorated fencing surrounds the unfinished Echelon project on Las

Vegas Boulevard. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF)

Fans of Swedish meatballs and self-assembly cabinets are one step closer to retail paradise.

IKEA, the popular low-priced furniture chain, has set a ground-breaking date of April 9 for its first Southern Nevada location.

The 351,000-square-foot super-store is slated to open in summer 2016 in the southwest valley, just west of Durango Drive between the 215 Beltway and Sunset Road.

Work crews already have been clearing and grading the site.

Foreclosure filings on the rise, report findsNevada’s foreclosure woes wors-

ened in February as lenders seized more homes than in January and filed more default notices, a new report shows.

One in every 569 homes state-wide received a foreclosure-relat-ed filing, up 7 percent from Janu-ary and 12 percent from a year ago,

according to RealtyTrac.Nevada’s foreclosure rate was

second-highest in the country, barely behind Maryland, where one in every 564 homes had a fore-closure filing.

Nationally, one in every 1,295 homes received a foreclosure filing in February.

Rising interest rates could dampen home salesLas Vegas homebuilders are see-

ing more signs of a turnaround, but with borrowing costs poised to rise, sales could fall again, accord-ing to a new report.

It’s “not a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’ ” the Federal Reserve raises rates, according to Home Builders Research President Dennis Smith, who said he doesn’t believe Las

Vegas’ housing market — for new and used homes — is strong enough for buyers to withstand a jump in monthly payments.

The average interest rate on a 30-year mortgage in February was 3.71 percent. That’s historically low but up from 3.67 percent in January, according to mortgage-finance company Freddie Mac.


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SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION, FROM PAGE 1

Department of Justice estimates about 700 rapes occur every day in the United Statespotential danger and alerts security to keep an eye on the two. Such a precau-tion, after all, may prevent a sexual as-sault.

In January, the staff of Insert Coin(s) received training from the Rape Crisis Center in an initiative that partners the center with the business community. Party Smart, launched online in 2013, encourages Las Vegans — particularly staff mem-bers at party spots — to become active

bystanders in prevent-ing sexual assault.

It’s the newest ap-proach in the Rape

Crisis Center’s efforts to combat sex-ual assault in the valley. Although few studies exist nationally to pinpoint strategies for preventing sexual as-sault, the center’s staff is confident that sticking to traditional methods, such as listing do’s and don’ts, simply isn’t effective enough.

The Department of Justice esti-mates about 700 rapes occur every day in the United States. A 2012 re-port from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that about 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men have been raped at some point in their lives.

Last year, about one-third of vic-tims assisted by the Rape Crisis Cen-ter reported that their assault or con-tact with their attacker took place at a bar, nightclub or house party, center spokeswoman Gabrielle Amato said. Of the 552 victims staff met at a hospi-tal, more than half were young adults and teens.

Such statistics prompted the Rape Crisis Center to try to partner with the bar and nightclub industry to educate employees — the people who might see a situation developing and could head it off.

“We realized if we want sexual as-sault to stop happening, we need to stop the perpetrators,” Amato said. “So we decided to reach out to (busi-nesses’) staff because they aren’t drinking and they’re well-equipped to handle the situation.”

Party Smart trains workers to watch

people who buy drinks for someone but don’t drink themselves and ask intoxicated customers if they know the person they’ll be going home with.

“It was a very strong learning op-portunity,” Insert Coin(s) found-er Christopher LaPorte said. “We

learned the behaviors of certain in-dividuals and how certain customers can potentially become targets.”

The outreach efforts, however, have proved a tough sell. So far, Insert Coin(s) is the only company whose staff has received Party Smart train-

ing.“It seems to a lot of bar owners this

is an unpleasant topic,” Amato said. “I’m sure many owners don’t want to think of the possibility of harm to some of their customers.”

Amato said owners worry that if employees look out for unusual be-havior, it could make customers un-comfortable. Having Party Smart fliers around clubs and bars also has been a source of contention, so the Rape Crisis Center decided to allow businesses to design the materials themselves.

“We’re not asking them to be con-frontational,” Amato said. “Rather, it’s about disguising it as regular custom-er service, like asking guests how they are and if they’re having fun. We know the bar owners want the customers to come in and have a fun time.”

Robert Randolph, an assistant professor of strategic management at UNLV’s Lee Business School, said participating in Party Smart training could give businesses a competitive edge, particularly if customers feel safer.

“Businesses could build a brand of being a safe nightclub where you don’t need to bring a group of friends but can rely on the staff,” Randolph said.

In turn, businesses may be able to make more money if patrons choose their nightclub or bar over others.

“There is that desire to maximize profit,” Randolph said. “Businesses can establish a brand because they may be the only bar, or one of the few bars, that is a Party Smart outlet.”

At Insert Coin(s), the effect of Party Smart was immediate.

“Staff is looking with a more dis-cerning eye,” LaPorte said. “It has im-proved communication between the bar and security and management.”

“These things happen,” he contin-ued. “The statistics show they do. It’s better to be prepared.”

Despite Party Smart’s slow start, Rape Crisis Center staff remain posi-tive more businesses will join the ini-tiative.

“We certainly expected the push-back,” Amato said. “We always know that when we start a new project, it takes time to get people involved.”

Getting people to become active bystanders is not a new struggle in preventing sexual assault.

People often hesitate to get involved in situations they perceive as private or sensi-tive. Business owners and em-ployees may not want to of-fend or intrude on customers.

But the active-bystander approach works, studies have shown. More eyes open to the issue of sexual assault increas-

es the chances an attacker can be stopped before harm is done.

What can employees do to help prevent sexual assault?

n Bartenders can refuse ser-vice.

n Security personnel can es-cort patrons out.

n All employees can be aware of their surroundings, sensitive to issues of sexual violence and ready to act if needed.

People chant as they march through campus during the 21st annual Take Back

the Night rally at UNLV on Oct. 23. Christina Hernandez, director of Jean Nidetch

Women’s Center at UNLV, said students are sometimes hesitant to be alert witness-

es. The Women’s Center has taken a more active role in recruiting active bystanders

by offering students golf cart rides to class while teaching them how to prevent

sexual assault. (STEVE MARCUS/STAFF FILE)

TO PARTICIPATE Businesses inter-ested in joining Party Smart should call the Rape Crisis Center at 702-385-2153.

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Calendar of eventsMONDAY, MARCH 30

Morning Rounds: UNLV School

of Medicine — Raising the Bar

Time: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Cost: Free; RSVP encour-

aged

Location: Clark High School auditorium, 4291

Pennwood Ave., Las Vegas

Information: Email Marilyn Provost at marilynp@

uwsn.org

Dr. Barbara Atkinson, dean of the UNLV School

of Medicine, will share her vision for the medical

school and discuss how the first graduating class

will affect Southern Nevada.

Startup Grind Las Vegas

hosts Porter Haney of Wedgies

Time: 6-9 p.m. Cost: $10

Location: Work in Progress, 317 S. Sixth St., Las

Vegas

Information: Visit startupgrind.com/las-vegas

Porter Haney, CEO of Wedgies, will discuss the

story of the Las Vegas-based startup.

TUESDAY, MARCH 31

Business Power Luncheon

featuring UNLV President Len Jessup

Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $50 for members of

the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce, $65

for nonmembers, $65 at the door

Location: Four Seasons Hotel, 3960 Las Vegas

Blvd. South, Las Vegas

Information: Visit lvchamber.com

Jessup will discuss his vision for the school, includ-

ing the development of a UNLV School of Medi-

cine.

2015 Jump Start

Time: 2-4:30 p.m. Cost: Free; registration re-

quired

Location: Humana Guidance Center, 8975 W.

Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas

Information: Visit hendersonchamber.com

Panelists will discuss how businesses and non-

profit organizations can benefit from Facebook,

Twitter and LinkedIn.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1

Stirling Club luncheon

Time: 11:30 a.m. Cost: $26

Location: Gordon Biersch, 3987 Paradise Road,

Las Vegas

Information: Email Bruce Merrin at merrinpr@

gmail.com

Ron Garrett, president of Garrett Creative Group

and former entertainment director at the Sahara,

will provide a comedic yet informative April Fool’s

presentation.

Las Vegas Heals monthly

medical industry mixer

Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: Free for physicians, $30 for

members

Location: Tommy Bahamas, 6635 Las Vegas


Information: Email membership@lasvegasheals.

org

Attendees make connections with others in the

medical field.

THURSDAY, APRIL 2

Houldsworth, Russo & Company’s

April breakfast briefing

Time: 7:30 a.m. Cost: Free for HRC clients, $35

for nonmembers

Location: Houldsworth, Russo & Company office,

8675 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas

Information: Visit trusthrc.com

Jasen Woehrle, senior vice president at the Firm

Public Relations & Marketing, will discuss common

dilemmas in PR and answer individual questions.

Las Vegas American Marketing Association

April luncheon: Zappos Social Media Policy

Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $35 for members,

$45 for nonmembers

Location: Fleming’s Steakhouse, 6515 Las Vegas


Information: Email Crissie Bather at crissie.

[email protected]

Catherine “Cat” Cook, awareness marketing lead

for Zappos.com, and Aziz Bawany, social market-

ing lead, will discuss how they keep Zappos in the

news.

MONDAY, APRIL 6

Nevada Republican Men’s Club luncheon

with Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt

Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Cost: $30 for members, $35

for nonmembers

Location: Cili at Bali Hai Golf

Course, 5160 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, Las Vegas

Information: Visit republican-

mensclub.com

Nevada Attorney General

Adam Laxalt will be the key guest.

TUESDAY, APRIL 7

April Showers of Business Growth expo

Time: 6-9 p.m. Cost: Free admission tickets dis-

tributed by Suncoast catering department

Location: Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas

Information: Email Paula or Sylvester Jackson at

[email protected]

Agents, consultants, distributors and sales repre-

sentatives will be available to answer questions for

those interested in startup businesses.

Society for Marketing

Professional Services luncheon

Time: 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $35 for members,

$50 for nonmembers

Location: Maggiano’s Little Italy, 3200 Las Vegas


Information: Email Heather Brown at hbrown@

innovanv.com

Anita Ross of National Security Technologies will

explain how things are acquired at the Nevada

National Security Site.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8

Business First Breakfast Series:

Buying and Selling a Business

Time: 7:30-9 a.m. Cost: $18

Location: Orleans, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., Las

Vegas

Information: Visit nevadabusiness.com

A panel featuring Gian Brown, of counsel at Hol-

land & Hart; Katrina Loftin Winkel, managing direc-

tor at BTI Group Mergers & Acquisitions; Leland

Pace, senior partner at Stewart Archibald & Bar-

ney; and Joe Wyatt, founder and chief operating

officer at LP Insurance Services Inc., will provide

information on how to buy and sell a business.

FRIDAY, APRIL 10

Nevada’s Clean Energy Economy: How

Clean Energy is Creating Jobs in Nevada

Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $50 for early bird

tickets, $60 at the door

Location: MGM Conference Center, 3799 Las

Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas

Information: Visit lvgea.org

Sen. Harry Reid will attend a discussion featuring

Stacey Kusters, vice president of renewable en-

ergy and origination at NV Energy; James Hughes,

CEO at First Solar; and Cindy Ortega, chief sus-

tainability officer at MGM Resorts International.

UNLV Geosymposium

Time: 8:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost: Free; registra-

tion required; RSVPs taken until April 6

Location: UNLV, Science and Engineering Build-

ing, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas

Information: Email Melisa Bishop at bishom1@

unlv.nevada.edu

The UNLV geoscience department will provide

graduate and undergraduate students the oppor-

tunity to present their research and receive feed-

back from professional and academic experts.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, APRIL 10-12

Las Vegas/UNLV Startup Weekend

Time: 6:30 p.m. Cost: $99 for designers, devel-

opers, nontechnical (nondeveloper or designer

background) and educators, $49 for students

Location: UNLV Beam Hall, 4505 S. Maryland

Parkway, Las Vegas

Information: visit lasvegas.startupweekend.org

Attendees can pitch startup ideas, receive feed-

back from peers and form teams. Top ideas will be

presented to entrepreneurial leaders and venture

capitalists.

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CHAPTER 7Clear Cut Construction3343 Syvella CourtLas Vegas, NV 89117Attorney: Arun Gupta at [email protected]

R Pizza Inc.3447 Don Miguel DriveLas Vegas, NV 89121Attorney: Amberlea Davis at [email protected]

CHAPTER 11Sierra Resource Group Inc.9550 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 253Las Vegas, NV 89123Attorney: Seth D. Ballstaedt at [email protected]

BID OPPORTUNITIES

MONDAY, MARCH 303 p.m.Annual requirements contract maintenance for carpet and vinyl flooringClark County, 603228Chetan Champaneri at [email protected]

3 p.m.Annual requirements contract for the sale of scrap metalClark County, 603590Chetan Champaneri at [email protected]

3 p.m.Request for information for Clark County building automation systemsClark County, RFI 603639Adriane Garcia at [email protected]

TUESDAY, MARCH 312:15 p.m.Desert Breeze Recreation Center exterior and interior paintingClark County, 603613Sandy Moody-Upton at [email protected]

2:30 p.m.Two-year open-term contract for the printing, binding and mailing of Nevada Magazine and its related publications, including the Nevada Historical CalendarsState of Nevada, 8305Sharon Knigge at [email protected]

THURSDAY, APRIL 23 p.m.Nuisance property and building abatement servicesClark County, SOQ 602952Adriane Garcia at [email protected]

FRIDAY, APRIL 32:15 p.m.Federal Project No. NH-STP-215-1 (004) I-215; Airport connector Phase 2 Interstate 15 to Windmill Lane wideningClark County, 603609Tom Boldt at [email protected]

BROKERED

TRANSACTIONS

SALES$25,250,000 for 10 acres, retail7305, 7335, 7345, 7415, 7425, 7435 and 7445 S. Durango Drive, Las Vegas 89113Seller: Bayport Town Center As-sociates LLCSeller agent: David Grant, Grant Traub and Chris Connell of Colliers International Buyer: DM Rhodes Ranch LLCBuyer agent: Did not disclose

$6,975,000 for 193 units, multi-residential3665 and 3675 Cambridge St., Las Vegas 89161Seller: Midland Note Pass Cert 3665 LLC and Harmon Apts LLCSeller agent: NAI VegasBuyer: Jordan FisherBuyer agent: NAI Vegas

$5,000,000 for 108 units, multi-residential1600 E. University Ave., Las Vegas 89119Seller: Russ Western PlazaSeller agent: NAI VegasBuyer: Bluffs at Town LakeBuyer agent: NAI Vegas

$980,000 for 6,000 square feet, retail4840 S. Fort Apache Road, Las Vegas 89147Seller: PWDAF Fort Apache LLCSeller agent: Joe Bonifatto of Col-liers InternationalBuyer: FAE Holdings 458129R LLCBuyer agent: Did not disclose

LEASES$653,230 for 11,990 square feet, industrial for 45 months3741 Civic Center Drive, North Las Vegas 89030Landlord: Stone Mountain Proper-ties LLCLandlord agent: Ben Millis and Chris Beets of Newmark Grubb Knight FrankTenant: Tantara Transportation Group Inc.Tenant agent: George Smith of Las Vegas Realty LLC

$273,801 for 4,359 square feet, retail for 60 months8889 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 160, Las Vegas 89123Landlord: Petros East LLC

Landlord agent: Nelson Tressler and Michael Zobrist of Newmark Grubb Knight FrankTenant: Reaching for the Stars Inc.Tenant agent: Jim Villani of Great Real Estate

$228,750 for 1,525 square feet, restaurant for 10 years5597 S. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 130, Las Vegas 89118Landlord: Harpo Rainbow LLCLandlord agent: Lauren Tabeek of Voit Real Estate ServicesTenant: RMJT Investments Inc. dba Boba HutTenant agent: Jeff Tuan of Hot-point Realty

$213,568 for 4,187 square feet, car wash for 39 months3655 S. Fort Apache Road, Las Vegas 89147Landlord: Twin 168 LLCLandlord agent: Troy Tobler of Virtus CommercialTenant: Brianne and Gary AbdellaTenant agent: N/A

$139,833 for 1,707 square feet, retail for 60 months4990 W. Craig Road, Unit A-1, Las Vegas 89130Landlord: Alta Mira Shopping Cen-ter LLC c/o CNA EnterprisesLandlord agent: Jeff Mitchell and Preston Abell of Virtus CommercialTenant: CD One LLC (China One)Tenant agent: Annie On of Land-mark Realty

$132,000 for 4,057 square feet, industrial for 36 months385 Pilot Road, Suite A, Las Vegas 89119Landlord: DM AirportLandlord agent: Joe Leavitt and Chris Lexis of Avison YoungTenant: Diamond Resorts Central-ized ServicesTenant agent: David Scherer of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank

$117,000 for 3,590 square feet, industrial for 36 months385 Pilot Road, Suite B, Las Vegas 89119Landlord: DM AirportLandlord agent: Joe Leavitt and Chris Lexis of Avison YoungTenant: Diamond Resorts Central-ized ServicesTenant agent: David Scherer of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank

BUSINESS LICENSES

#1 1-A Onlinetra�ceducation.com Business type: School Address: 500 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 300, Las VegasOwner: Rima Riadi

9037 Salon Business type: Cosmetological establishment Address: 9037 W. Sahara Ave., Las

VegasOwner: JMI Ventures Ltd.

Adamik Electric LLCBusiness type: ContractorAddress: 4339 Corporate Center Drive, Las VegasOwner: Did not disclose

All Trade Service and Repair Inc.Business type: Repair and main-tenanceAddress: 4260 Montdale Ave., Las VegasOwner: William Wieger

Andrea Mendez Business type: Real estate salesAddress: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las VegasOwner: Andrea Mendez

Asny Design & Development LLCBusiness type: ContractorAddress: 801 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 200, Las VegasOwner: Kevin Blair

Atelier by Square Salon Business type: Cosmetological establishment Address: 1225 S. Fort Apache Road, Suite 135, Las VegasOwner: R&B Royal Palms 2 Cor-poration

Aunty Helen’s Kitchen Business type: Food services or cafeAddress: 6235 S. Pecos Road, Las VegasOwner: Helen Gain

B with a Twist Business type: Food services or cafeAddress: 9272 Tamarus St., Suites 138 and 140, Las VegasOwner: B with a Twist LLC

Bad Girl Bail Bonds Business type: Bail bond agencyAddress: 515 S. Third St., Suite B, Las VegasOwner: Bad Girl Bail Bonds LLC

Battleground LLCBusiness type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: 2421 Tech Center Court, Suite 100, Las VegasOwner: Michael Chamberlain

Beck Burner Service Business type: Residential prop-erty maintenanceAddress: 128 Hexham Drive, Las VegasOwner: Donald Beck

Bling4U Business type: General retail salesAddress: 4736 Regalo Bello St., Las VegasOwner: Cheryl Lynn Coppola

C2C Research&Design Business type: Designer-draftsman

Address: 2030 E. Flamingo Road, Suite 118, Las VegasOwner: C2C Global Inc.

Candy Nails Spa Business type: Cosmetological establishment Address: 2400 N. Buffalo Drive, Suite 130, Las VegasOwner: Candy Nails Spa LLC

CCPS LVBusiness type: Professional servicesAddress: 720 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 135, Las VegasOwner: Clark County Process Service LLC

Century Gaming Technologies Business type: Gaming restrictedAddress: 1600 N. Decatur Blvd., Las VegasOwner: United Coin Machine Co.

Christine Shea Business type: Bail agent/enforce-ment agentAddress: 515 S. Third St., Suite B, Las VegasOwner: Bad Girl Bail Bonds LLC

Circles International Business type: Handbill and oral solicitationAddress: 3713 Brentcove Drive, Las VegasOwner: Tyrone Armstrong

City Bar Business type: Coin amusement machineAddress: 1000 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 105, Las VegasOwner: BKS Nevada LLC

Cody’s Smokin’ BBQBusiness type: Food services or cafeAddress: 1675 Industrial Road, Las VegasOwner: Cody’s Smokin’ BBQ LLC

Complete AC and Heat Business type: ContractorAddress: 1228 Shadow Mountain Place, Las VegasOwner: Did not disclose

Desert Outfitter Las Vegas Business type: Sporting goodsAddress: 3340 Sirius Ave., Las VegasOwner: Desert Outfitter Las Vegas LLC

Diane Cannistraci Business type: Real estate salesAddress: 614 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Diane Cannistraci

Dietmar Scherf Business type: Real estate salesAddress: 9420 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 100, Las VegasOwner: Scherf Corporation

Records and TransactionsDoc Request Business type: Business support serviceAddress: 9017 S. Pecos Road, Suite 4325, Las VegasOwner: Doc Request LLC

Dr. Scott Forbes DCBusiness type: Professional services-medical Address: 898 S. Valley View Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Scott Forbes

Eat Your Heart Out Business type: Mobile food vendorAddress: 2025 E. Sahara Ave., Las VegasOwner: Moises A. Lara

Eddie’s Floor Cover Inc. Business type: ContractorAddress: 185 Madge Lane, Las VegasOwner: Did not disclose

Erik’s Catering Business type: Food services or cafeAddress: 10300 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 17, Las VegasOwner: Erik Lemons

European Wax Center Business type: Cosmetological establishment Address: 7210 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suites 7-8, Las VegasOwner: Patriarca Holdings LLC

Express Fitness Business type: Membership clubAddress: 7060 N. Durango Drive, Suite 110, Las VegasOwner: Vegas Fitness Durango LLC

Fabian Clendenin Business type: Professional servicesAddress: 601 S. 10th St., Suite 204, Las VegasOwner: Fabian & Clendenin

Fifth Street Gaming LLCBusiness type: Gaming nonre-strictedAddress: 217 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Las VegasOwner: Jeffrey Aaron Fine Sepa-rate Property Trust

First Columbia Community Manag-ers Inc.Business type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: 2310 Paseo Del Prado, Suite 104, Las VegasOwner: Jason Kelly

Frank E. Weisman Sr.Business type: Real estate salesAddress: 7469 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 130, Las VegasOwner: Frank E. Weisman

Fraternal Order of EaglesBusiness type: Nonprofit commu-

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Records and TransactionsDoc Request Business type: Business support serviceAddress: 9017 S. Pecos Road, Suite 4325, Las VegasOwner: Doc Request LLC

Dr. Scott Forbes DCBusiness type: Professional services-medical Address: 898 S. Valley View Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Scott Forbes

Eat Your Heart Out Business type: Mobile food vendorAddress: 2025 E. Sahara Ave., Las VegasOwner: Moises A. Lara

Eddie’s Floor Cover Inc. Business type: ContractorAddress: 185 Madge Lane, Las VegasOwner: Did not disclose

Erik’s Catering Business type: Food services or cafeAddress: 10300 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 17, Las VegasOwner: Erik Lemons

European Wax Center Business type: Cosmetological establishment Address: 7210 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suites 7-8, Las VegasOwner: Patriarca Holdings LLC

Express Fitness Business type: Membership clubAddress: 7060 N. Durango Drive, Suite 110, Las VegasOwner: Vegas Fitness Durango LLC

Fabian Clendenin Business type: Professional servicesAddress: 601 S. 10th St., Suite 204, Las VegasOwner: Fabian & Clendenin

Fifth Street Gaming LLCBusiness type: Gaming nonre-strictedAddress: 217 Las Vegas Blvd. North, Las VegasOwner: Jeffrey Aaron Fine Sepa-rate Property Trust

First Columbia Community Manag-ers Inc.Business type: Management or consulting serviceAddress: 2310 Paseo Del Prado, Suite 104, Las VegasOwner: Jason Kelly

Frank E. Weisman Sr.Business type: Real estate salesAddress: 7469 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 130, Las VegasOwner: Frank E. Weisman

Fraternal Order of EaglesBusiness type: Nonprofit commu-

nity servicesAddress: 1601 E. Washington Ave., Las VegasOwner: Kathryn A. Opp

Gallo Law O�ce Business type: Professional servicesAddress: 818 S. Casino Center Blvd., Las VegasOwner: Law Office of James C. Gallo P.C.

Gary L. Cohen Business type: Real estate salesAddress: 6955 N. Durango Drive, Suite 1002, Las VegasOwner: Gary L. Cohen

Guerrero Agency Business type: Insurance salesAddress: 3884 W. Sahara Ave., Las VegasOwner: Susana Guerrero

Guitar Players Stu� LLCBusiness type: General retail salesAddress: 672 Greenbriar Town-house Way, Las VegasOwner: Lisa A. Angelone

BUILDING PERMITS

$2,380,559, commercial-alteration3700 Bay Lake Trail, North Las VegasTWC Construction Inc.

$1,199,978, commercial-remodel874 American Pacific Drive, Hen-dersonTouro University Nevada

$655,546, commercial-addition7300 Aliante Parkway, North Las VegasLedcor Construction Inc.

$597,657, residential-new4650 Ranch House Road, North Las VegasRyland Homes

$554,500, residential-new2791 La Bella Court, HendersonBlue Heron

$496,250, commercial-remodel10520 S. Eastern Ave., Suite 130, HendersonNational Construction Manage-ment

$391,860, commercial-alteration3700 Bay Lake Trail, North Las VegasTWC Construction Inc.

$300,000, commercial-assembly group4717 W. Charleston Blvd., Las VegasDC Building Group LLC

$300,000, commercial-light fixtures4717 W. Charleston Blvd., Las

VegasDC Building Group LLC

$250,000, commercial-canopy323 N. Maryland Parkway, Las VegasFitzhouse Enterprises Inc.

$226,487, residential-new271 Calgrove St., Las VegasGreystone Nevada

$220,137, commercial-foundation2840 Via Contessa, HendersonNevada General Construction

$218,097, residential-new12134 Cabo Rojo Ave., Las VegasWoodside Homes of Nevada Inc.

$217,250, commercial-addition4335 Arcata Way, North Las VegasBill Kaiser Erection Specialist

$215,257, residential-new1133 Jessie Road, HendersonWCH3 LLC


$204,001, residential-new140 W. Chaparral Drive, HendersonTru Built Customs LLC




$188,814, commercial-addition5402 E. El Campo Grande Ave., North Las VegasNorthern Beltway Industrial Center LLC

$173,448, residential-new349 Values Circle, HendersonWoodside Homes of Nevada Inc.

$165,241, residential-new185 Dunblane St., HendersonDR Horton Inc.


$159,585, residential-new351 Values Circle, HendersonWoodside Homes of Nevada Inc.

$154,000, electrical2568 Fire Mesa St., Las VegasCommunication Electronic Sys-tems

$149,881, residential-new1884 Galleria Spada St., HendersonToll Henderson LLC

$148,828, residential-new1931 Galleria Spada St., HendersonToll Henderson LLC

$146,699, residential-new6952 Hopi Summit Court, Las VegasDR Horton Inc.





$142,396, residential-new3159 Biccari Ave., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.





$138,306, residential-new5639 Ethan Hawke Ave., Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada



$130,585, residential-new3102 Bicentennial Parkway, Hen-dersonKB Home Nevada Inc.

$124,485, residential-new1116 Via San Pietro, HendersonCentury Communities of Nevada LLC

$122,187, residential-new6765 Bristle Falls St., Las Vegas

Ryland Homes

$122,083, electrical4491 N. Rainbow Blvd., Las VegasCommunication Electronic Sys-tems



$118,109, residential-new1109 Aubrey Springs Ave., Hen-dersonDR Horton Inc.

$118,109, residential-new1117 Aubrey Springs Ave., Hender-sonDR Horton Inc.

$115,336, residential-new927 Harbor Ave., HendersonKB Home Nevada Inc.

$114,338, residential-new1349 Jewelstone Circle, HendersonRyland Homes


$112,841, residential-new1102 Aubrey Springs Ave., Hen-dersonDR Horton Inc.

$112,487, residential-new5611 Copper Harbor Court, Las VegasRichmond American Homes of Nevada


CONVENTIONS

American Academy of Professional Coders - AAPC Healthcon 2015Location: RioDates: March 29-April 1Expected attendance: 2,000

Nightclub and Bar Show 2015Location: Las Vegas Convention CenterDates: March 31-April 1Expected attendance: 39,000

Western Political Science Associa-tion Annual Regional MeetingLocation: Caesars PalaceDates: March 31-April 5Expected attendance: 1,200

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INC lists, omissions sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to Pashtana Usufzy, researcher, VEGAS INC, 2360 Corporate Circle, Third Floor, Henderson, NV 89074.

CATEGORY: GOLF COURSES(RANKED BY CHAMPIONSHIP RATING OF FARTHEST TEE WITH HIGHEST SLOPE RATING)

Course Rating Slope Yardage Holes Top executive

1 Boulder Creek Golf Club1501 Veterans’ Memorial DriveBoulder City, NV 89005702-294-6534 • bouldercreekgc.com

76.7 148 7,628 27 Andy Schaper, head golf pro

2 Southern Highlands Golf Club1 Robert Trent Jones LaneLas Vegas, NV 89141702-263-1000 • pacificlinks.com

76.1 145 7,381 18 Jason Cheney, director of operations

3 Coyote Springs Golf Club3100 State Route 168Coyote Springs, NV 89037702-422-1400 • coyotesprings.com

75.8 141 7,471 18 Karl Larcom, director of golf

4 Reflection Bay Golf Club75 Montelago Blvd.Henderson, NV 89011702-740-4653 • reflectionbaygolf.com

75.6 150 7,261 18 Greg Brockelman, director of golf

5 Paiute Resort Golf Club10325 Nu-Wav Kaiv Blvd.Las Vegas, NV 89124702-658-1400 • lvpaiutegolf.com

75.5 145 7,009 54 Chad Gunier, general manager

6 Rio Secco Golf Club2851 Grand Hills DriveHenderson, NV 89052702-777-2400 • riosecco.net

75.0 153 7,313 18 Eric Dutt, vice president of golf operations

7 Conestoga Golf Club1499 Falcon Ridge ParkwayMesquite, NV 89034877-489-0777 • conestogagolf.com

74.9 147 7,232 18 Travis McDowell, general manager

8a Stallion Mountain Golf Club5500 E. Flamingo RoadLas Vegas, NV 89122702-547-6250 • stallionmountaingolf.com

74.8 130 7,351 18 Jon Rife, general manager

8b Wolf Creek Golf Club403 Paradise ParkwayMesquite, NV 89027702-346-1670 • golfwolfcreek.com

74.8 149 6,939 18 Trent Chapman, director of golf

10 Las Vegas Country Club3000 Joe W. Brown DriveLas Vegas, NV 89109702-734-1122 • lasvegascc.com

74.7 125 7,203 18 Gordon Digby, general manager

11 Bear’s Best Las Vegas11111 W. Flamingo RoadLas Vegas, NV 89135702-804-8500 • clubcorp.com

74.5 140 7,194 18 Jim Stanfill, general manager

12a Anthem Country Club1 Club Side DriveHenderson, NV 89052702-614-5000 • anthemcc.com

74.4 135 7,373 18 Nolan Halterman, assistant general manager

12b Cascata Golf Club1 Cascata DriveBoulder City, NV 89005702-294-2005 • golfcascata.com

74.4 151 7,137 18 Jay Childers, head golf pro

12c Spanish Trail Country Club5050 Spanish Trail LaneLas Vegas, NV 89113702-364-5050 • spanishtrailcc.com

74.4 144 7,107 27 Bill Rowden, general manager

12d TPC at Summerlin1700 Village Center CircleLas Vegas, NV 89134702-256-0111 • tpc.com/summerlin

74.4 137 7,243 18 Lee Smith, general manager

16 SouthShore Golf Club100 Strada Di CircoloHenderson, NV 89011702-856-8400 • pacificlinks.com

74.1 149 6,917 18 John Herndon, general manager


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